About Sessions

About Sessions

All sessions at the Center for Writing are one hour in length.

Be sure to bring all of the materials related to the project you’re working on, including textbooks, drafts, rough notes, and so forth.

You may sign up for a one-time session to work with a writing associate on an as-needed basis. Your professor may also ask you (or all students in your class) to sign up for a session in the course of working on a project.

You may also sign up for ongoing sessions. A student enrolled in ongoing sessions meets with the same associate at the same time every week.

WAIT LIST

If there are no sessions available, you may sign up for our wait list: sign on to WC Online, click the clock icon for the desired day, and click the ‘Add To Waiting List’ button. You will be notified by email (or text message, if you choose) when an opening becomes available.

You can also check in (at the writing center or online) at 10 minutes after the hour. (Cancelled sessions are re-opened for new appointments at 10 minutes after each hour.)

SESSION REPORTS

You are entitled to a report on each session you attend at the Center for Writing.

Each report summarizes what happens during your session.

Reports go to you and to your professor via email. (You see what your professor sees.)

If you are required to attend sessions, your professor automatically gets a report.

If you are not required to attend a session by a professor, reporting is optional.

OUR CANCELLATION POLICY

Please note that all students must cancel appointments at least 24 hours in advance.

No-show students may be prevented from making further appointments.

Ongoing students who fail to cancel in advance, or who cancel repeatedly, will lose their sessions.

ONE-TIME SESSIONS

It’s a good idea to plan in advance to make sure you find a space that works for you!

Rules for one-time sessions:

You are allowed to attend a maximum of two sessions per week.

If you aren’t going to make it to your session, please be sure to cancel at least 24 hours in advance.

If you fail to cancel your sessions in advance, you may be blocked from making more appointments!

ONGOING SESSIONS

To sign up for ongoing sessions:

To sign up for weekly ongoing sessions, please drop by the Center to speak with us. Students cannot sign up for ongoing sessions online.

Ongoing sessions may focus on class work, on an ongoing project (artwork, grant applications, etc) or on particular issues or areas of writing or speech in general—for example:

reading strategies

approaches to writing; overcoming “writer’s block” and writer’s panic

grammar and syntax

ESL issues, learning disabilities and other challenges

writing in stages: prewriting, structuring, beginning, editing

arguments, structure and logic

Most students self-refer for ongoing sessions. Your professor may also recommend or require that you attend sessions.

When you attend ongoing sessions, you decide what you will work on, in consultation with your writing associate.

Rules for ongoing sessions:

Our agreement with you is that we will ensure your space is available to you every week.

In exchange, you agree to attend each of your sessions, on time, prepared to work.

You are expected to attend your sessions even if you have no specific project to work on.

If you aren’t going to make it to your session, be sure to cancel at least 24 hours in advance.

If you repeatedly cancel your ongoing appointments, or if you fail to cancel your sessions in advance, you will no longer be allowed to maintain ongoing sessions.

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